Vehicle wheel



y 1933- H. c. BULLARD I 1,919,683

VEHICLE WHEEL Filed Jan 4, 1930 Patented July 25, 1933,

UNITED STATES PATENT: emce- V HENRY o. BULLARD, or nous'rolv, TEXAS VEHICLE WHEEL:

Application filed. January 4, 1930. Serial No. 418,642.

This invention relates to new'and useful improvements in a vehicle wheel, and has particular relation to a wheel for bicycles.

One object of the invention is to provide a 5 wheel having a pneumatic tire thereon with interlocking means between the tire and the v wheel rim to prevent the tire from creeping on the rim. 3 f i As at present constructed the tires of bicycles, in use, will creep around the rims with the result that the valves of the tires are pulled out. of place causing the tires to leak.

' It is the prime object of this invention to 5 provide a novel type of tire and in combination therewith a novel type of rim of such construction that the around the rim.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation'to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, examples of which are.

therearound which are contracted inwardly toward the axes of the rim, the metal around each hole being deflected inwardly providing a wide, annular, inwardly. tapering face stamped in the metal of the rim. The

' numeral ldesignates the tire and around the inner side of the tire'there is a row of knobs) when in use.

tire will not creep.

of projections as 5 formed integrally with the material of the tire andarranged to correspond in position with the positions of'the perforations 3 and which are shaped to con form to. the contour of and to fit closely with'* in said; perforations and to wedge tightly against said faces and whose inner ends are approximately flush with -th'e' inside of the 11111.1 r I p V When the tire is mounted on a rim the knobs 5 will project through said perforations and the tire, when inflated, will thereby he held securely on the rim and can not creeptherearoundand injure the tire valve, 6

a :5 Means are thus 'provided'for holding the tire against creeping without theuseof cement for that purpose, although cement may be used asan additionalfsecurity if desired.

- The drawing and description disclose what is now considered to be a preferred formof the invention byway of illustration only, while theibroad principle of the invention will be defined by the appended claim.

' What I claim is: V v i The combination with a wheel having a thin, metal rimprovided with holes spaced aparton a central line therearound, and

which extend entirelythroughtherim and which are contracted inwardly toward the axisv of the rim, the metal around each hole being deflected inwardly providing a wide,

annular, inwardlytapering, face, a pneumatic tire on 'the-rimhaving. inside projections which are shaped to conform to the contour of. and to fit closely within said holesv and to wedge tightly against said face and whose inner ends are approximately flush" with the inside of the rim.

' i HENRY o; BULLARD. 

